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5 May 2007 9:47 AM
Fredrik
Hi,

I have a problem google or these groups has not yet been able to provide
an answer for, I could be missing something obvious. But I certainly
hope not.

I want to monitor all printer queues on the computer - and get a
notification when something changes (i.e. a new job is added or such).
Preferable without polling, but that is secondary.

Anyone got any idea on where to look/ask? Perhaps someone in here has a
solution and is willing to share?

// Fredrik

Author
5 May 2007 12:44 PM
Jani Järvinen [MVP]
Hi Fredrik,

> I want to monitor all printer queues on the computer - and get a
> notification when something changes (i.e. a new job is added or such).

See here for a VB.NET example:

http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/printwatchvbnet.asp

Hope this helps!

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Regards,

Mr. Jani Järvinen
C# MVP
Helsinki, Finland
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http://www.saunalahti.fi/janij/
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Author
5 May 2007 1:01 PM
Fredrik
wrote:
> Hi Fredrik,
>
>> I want to monitor all printer queues on the computer - and get a
>> notification when something changes (i.e. a new job is added or such).
>
> See here for a VB.NET example:
>
> http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/printwatchvbnet.asp
>
> Hope this helps!
>

Thanks,
Hadn't found this one...

I can probably make it work somehow, unfortunantly I do not have VB.NET
in my VS - so sorting out which file is which will be murder, to boot
the example test program crashed on start :(

// Fredrik
Author
5 May 2007 1:30 PM
Fredrik
"Jani J���������������������������������������������" wrote:
> Hi Fredrik,
>
>> I want to monitor all printer queues on the computer - and get a
>> notification when something changes (i.e. a new job is added or such).
>
> See here for a VB.NET example:
>
> http://www.codeproject.com/vb/net/printwatchvbnet.asp
>
> Hope this helps!
>

Managed to find it in compiled form at
http://www.merrioncomputing.com/Download/PrintQueueWatch.htm

Don't know if this is the latest version, but seems to work. Now all I
need is to make it a service :D

// Fredrik

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